Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Conocardiidae
Full reference: A. F. Foerste. 1910. Preliminary notes on Cincinnatian and Lexington fossils of Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee. Bulletin of the Scientific Laboratories of Denison University 16(1):17-100
Belongs to Conocardium according to A. F. Foerste 1910
See also Foerste 1914, Foerste 1924, Hoare 1989, Pojeta 1971, Pojeta and Runnegar 1976 and Wagner 2023
Sister taxa: Conocardium (Conocardium), Conocardium acadianum, Conocardium aliforme, Conocardium altum, Conocardium aquisgranense, Conocardium armatum, Conocardium clipeoforme, Conocardium cresswelli, Conocardium decussatum, Conocardium denticulatum, Conocardium elongatum, Conocardium eximum, Conocardium ferox, Conocardium formosum, Conocardium frater, Conocardium fusiforme, Conocardium gogoensis, Conocardium gympiense, Conocardium immatura, Conocardium incarceratum, Conocardium inceptum, Conocardium inflatum, Conocardium longipennis, Conocardium lyelli, Conocardium nevadensis, Conocardium nexile, Conocardium oehlerti, Conocardium philipsii, Conocardium plinthinatus, Conocardium prunum, Conocardium pseudobellum, Conocardium regulare, Conocardium renardi, Conocardium retusum, Conocardium rouxi, Conocardium securiforme, Conocardium sowerbyi, Conocardium spinalatum, Conocardium superstes, Conocardium tripartitum, Conocardium truncata, Conocardium uralicum, Conocardium ventriculosum, Conocardium villmarense
Type specimen: Its type locality is Elkhorn Creek, 3 mi south of Richmond, which is in a Richmondian marine limestone in the Elkhorn Formation of Indiana
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (2: Indiana collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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